News Stories

June 3, 2015

U-M extends reach to prospective Native American students

The university’s pipeline to underrepresented prospective students extended its reach recently with the launch of Campus KinoMaage, an on-campus residential experience geared to Native American students.…

June 2, 2015

Video: Walk Your Heart to Health

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5hZ-oU186c&feature=youtu.be

May 18, 2015

Ford School graduate students prompt discourse on race in video

“Walking the Line of Blackness,” a 20-minute video created by and featuring graduate students from the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, puts their direct,…

May 15, 2015

University Record on the making of "Walking the Line of Blackness"

“Walking the Line of Blackness,” a 20-minute video created by and featuring graduate students from the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, puts their direct,…

April 30, 2015

U-M pitches in with relief work after Nepal earthquake

After surviving the massive earthquake, researchers and staff of the University of Michigan in Nepal are providing tents, food and other aid to hard-to-reach communities near…

April 30, 2015

Premature deaths of black Americans alter politics, health care

If a million black Americans who died prematurely had been alive to vote in the 2004 elections, the outcome in several key races would have been…

April 28, 2015

International Institute awards $150,000 in fellowships to 52 recipients

The University of Michigan International Institute has awarded a total of $150,000 to 52 U-M students through its Individual Fellowships program. Students will travel abroad between…

April 28, 2015

Little red 'superfruit' helps ward off a common infection

University of Michigan researchers have identified one more health benefit of the tart, red berries we most often associate with the holidays. Cranberries — in this…

April 27, 2015

A Wallenberg fellow seeks to create better refugee camps

Bjornar Haveland didn’t want to go straight to college after high school. He wanted to seek some adventure, experience a life radically different from his own.…